Neto the Radiant War-God
Celtiberian · deity · Late Iron Age to Roman period · deity
Name leads with the English phrase 'the Radiant War-God', combining his martial and solar (ray-adorned) aspects. Attested forms: Latin Neto/Neton (Macrobius and votive altars), Celtiberian Neito. He is one of the few Iberian gods preserved in a classical literary source (Macrobius) as well as in epigraphy; equated with Mars.
Domains
- war battle
- sun solar
Epithets
- Neto
- Neton
Sources
- Macrobius, Saturnalia I.19.5
- Celtiberian Botorrita bronze (Neito); Latin dedications Neto/Neto Duecanus
- J. C. Olivares Pedreño, 'Celtic Gods of the Iberian Peninsula', e-Keltoi 6 (2005)